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fromCurbed
19 hours ago

Of Course Trump Wanted to Get In on the Roosevelt Hotel Deal

The hotel is on a prime cut of the Midtown East business district near Grand Central that the Bloomberg and de Blasio administrations upzoned in the 2010s. That change was meant to spur projects like this one, replacing older mid-rise buildings with newer taller ones, and we're seeing the results now.
NYC real estate
fromCity Limits
1 month ago

Opinon: The Hole-in-One Solution for NYC's Housing Crisis

The New York Real Estate Board recently confirmed what every New Yorker feels: we are in a housing free-fall. With a staggering shortfall of up to 540,000 units and a vacancy rate of just 1.4 percent, the pace of new construction is glacially slow. But the solution might be hiding in plain sight, tucked away behind the chain-link fences of our city's woefully underutilized golf courses.
New York City
San Francisco
from48 hills
3 months ago

Lurie goes west to defend his Rich Family Zoning Plan .... - 48 hills

Mayor Daniel Lurie faces scrutiny over a failed D4 appointment and a contested zoning plan tied to state-driven housing mandates linked to state Sen. Scott Wiener.
US politics
fromFortune
3 months ago

Billionaire Peter Thiel warns if you 'proletarianize the young people,' don't be surprised they end up communist | Fortune

Restrictive housing policies created generational inequality, driving millennial disillusionment with capitalism and rising openness to socialism, necessitating policies addressing affordability.
Austin
fromAustin Monitor
8 months ago

City eyes fund to preserve affordable housing, capitalize on overbuilt apartment market - Austin Monitor

Establishing a city fund for affordable housing could prevent displacement of essential workers in Austin.
The fund aims to attract investment and preserve existing housing stock.
NYC real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
8 months ago

Here are the cities that lead the nation in new-home construction

Texas and Florida show signs of declining market activity despite high construction permit numbers.
New York, despite restrictions, ranks high in building permits and plans for future housing development.
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